The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-04-08
On motion the following road supervisors
were appointed:
District No. 3, A. z. johnson.
District No. Is, A. r. Baker.
On motion the board adjourned TO WednsS-
day, April 18th, 1887, III O'Clock a. m.
Attest: E. s. SEYMOUR,
County Clerk.
A Tale ofaCat.

l "A K8lS OF u C0t.
Editor Hope Pioneer:
In your Page items notice that mention
has been made, at different times of nearly
all tho men Of note In the place, but for some
reason or other your correspondent has
| slighted the principal man Of the city, ~ 10
has never alluded to him in bis Page items.
The reason probably Is that your correspond.
ont is Jealous Of the popularity Of this citizen.
or perhaps It is morality (Which is one Of the
characteristics Of the truly great), that stops
him from keeping your readers posted On
some Of tho most important aiYais of the town,
inasmuch a. they relate to our principal
citizen VIZ: Louis Banker Hanna, and az
friend Of our Banker do not like to have him
slighted In this way, and In order to make up
for the negligence Of your correspondent,
shall inform your readers that he keeps an
original bank, and does the fairest money
business Of any man in Dakota. His bank IL
original, in it not bsing "wild cat bank"
but 'dead cat bank" Last Friday morning
our Banker opened up luis bank a. usual. The
weather was beautiful. Banker remarked
that 1t was warm enough without FIRE. Whom
ho made this remark number of countenances
belonging to the citizens in tho vicinity dropped
aud their owners silently stole away. AZ
ter sitting at his desk while, notwitlstand-
ing the beauty Of the morning, our Banker
began to feel chilly and concluded to build
fire. Oh wise conclusion. The whole destiny
Of his life, the name and fame of his bank,
were all changed by that simple conclusion.
Hs went outside and began to split his kin
dlings. The countenances which fell u short
time boforo now rose again. Their owners
llastened, one to another, aud whispered mys-
tsrously: "Hs is going to build fire." 'Slie
will work OK" 'She is q good boat and ton's
leak a DROP" and various other expressions
more forclble than classic. The kirdliugs
were split, inserted In the stove and a liberal
supply Of kerosine poured on. tho match
lighted and applied. Puff, went the blaze, and
out came the smoke. The damper was re-
vsrsed, but the result was the Same. The
smoke would come down instead Of going up.
More oil was applied, but the only change
was more smoke. The stove door was clo1sd,
the draft closed, the damper again reversed,
but still the smoke came down. Water was
tue next antidote, but the oil refused to be put
out-not 90 the Banker. Windows were
opened, likewise the door, but the stove made
suloke faster thon ho could vent 1t. The Louis
Banker Hanna went outside and cast a wish
full eye up at the chimney, but that did not
smoke. In despair ho asked tho bystanders
what they knew about chimneys, and The ill.,
formation hc received upon tho subject ell
lIghtoned him 90 much that he went over and
look through the Page library to sec il there
| were any works there that would enghten
! him on the subject Of how to get smoke to as
csnd whom it persisted In descending. lie
| found two or three thore treating Oh cats and
on their relations to roofs aud chlmneys. Step
ping to the door again and looking up at the
chimney he espied cats tail sticking out OF
the top Of 1t and waving gently in the breeze.
"Eureka," was his hrst exclamation, and
.:'scatI scat you brutsv his second but still ths
tail waved on. A ladder was i,nmediately
prncnrad@ @nnd Will ansrrnr ssss.ss ouk lsonit
Banker Hanna mounts the roof ana with cxH.
ton and good heed makes his way along III,
ridge to the chimney, and As he approaches Il
shouts In loud accents, ''scat! scatp' But still
that tail remained. At last being near enough
ho timidly reaches forth his hand, seizes Il
with desperate grasp, pulls upon it, and the
next instant a cat Is hurled into space. But
still the chimney did not smoke. Looking
down into 1t, he Informed the crowd below
that there Is another, and that it is dead cat
AZ he extricates 1t tho fact Of 1t being tho first
Of April suddenly dawns upon his mind. and
finishing bis job he made this sage remark:
"Boys, tho chimney smokes, let us also."
| SQuID, A Cousin OF PEcK's BAD BOY.